FOR Catalina Pacyaan and her fellow souvenir stall proprietors, the day starts at seven o’clock in the morning. From that early hour on, the stalls along Wright Park are open until evening, hoping to bag sales from the tourists that pass by. Pacyaan has run her stall beside the tourist [...]
By Marilou Guieb INDEED we live in strange times. Troubled times. A life wreaked with havoc because of the pandemic COVID-19. Like a flip of the coin, life has changed drastically. And on many fronts, the phenomenon is seen as a disaster for people and world systems – health, industries, [...]
By Carl Taawan ART in the park, a component of iBagiw 2021 opened on November 19 with a mural painting exhibit and on-the-spot painting. Art in the Park has four main activities. The Mural Art exhibit is a showcase of twenty large-format paintings installed around the 200-meter Reflection Pool [...]
MANDEKO Kito, the premier artisans market of Baguio, returns this November 19 for its fourth run. As part of this year’s Ibagiw 2021 Creative City Festival, the market will operate from Friday to Monday, starting on November 19 until December 13, 2021. A total of 58 artisans, crafters, and food [...]
By Lissa Romero de Guia ON the night before the opening of Kidlat Tahimik’s epic art installation at the Palacio de Cristal in El Retiro Park in Madrid, a beautiful soul named Citadel Cruz (wife of the Philippine Consul General Adrian Cruz) did a sound bath inside the palacio. [...]
National Artist for Painting Bencab poses behind one of the huge collaborative works he made with Ronald Ventura. These two most expensive painters were featured in Double Vision held at Bencab Museum. Meanwhile, Baguio photographer Ric Maniquis also had his solo show, Gentle Thoughts, also at Bencab Museum. Photo [...]
By Leonora Lo-oy DAISY Budca-eng from Besao, Mountain Province, had been looking after Marie, her Portuguese employer, for over 11 years when the latter passed away and totally changed her life forever with the inheritance Marie left for her. In her recent interview with Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho, Daisy, [...]
JOSHUA Cachin Agpaoa, a local of Baguio City, will be joining the Global Peace Chain’s (GPC) 2021 summit, representing the Philippines and as the only delegate from the ASEAN community. An initiative of the GPC, the Global Peace Summit Turkey 2021 gathers young individuals who aspire to be leaders [...]
By Rocky Ngalob FOR four years now, I have sat behind the less-occupied table at the NCIP-CAR office, dissecting papers on Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes. As the FPIC Focal for the region, I am barred from participating in the conduct of the Free Prior and Informed [...]
IN an effort to capacitate public school teachers on different aspects of indigenous knowledge, systems, and practices (IKSP), the Ifugao State University (IFSU) conducted a two-day seminar on Ifugao textiles at the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Center at Kiangan, Ifugao from September 9-10, 2021. Marlon M. Martin, chief operations officer [...]
